Another Political Irony

I was reminded earlier today that Albany County DA David Soares is a graduate of Cornell University (Class of ’94), which is ironic, given the fact that a target of his Public Integrity Unit, state Comptroller Alan Hevesi,Â was on the Ithaca campus talking about corporate scandals yesterday. Â

This passageÂ from The Cornell Daily Sun is, I think, particularly interesting, given union boss/Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin’s arrest today for allegedly stealing $2.2 million from labor unions, the state and a Little League fund:

“Hevesi noted that his job as comptroller required him to maximize returns on the stateâ€™s pension fund for teachers and other public employees.

â€œIâ€™m not allowed to give pension money out to buy uniforms for the Little League. The state legislature in Albany does that,â€ he said.